Sports

Not nearly as dramatic as the 1992 movie, The Last of the Mohicans, but Italy High School surely felt left alone when the University Interscholastic League separated them from Bruceville-Eddy, Bosqueville, Riesel, Moody and Itasca during this week’s announced district realignment.

University Interscholastic League officials pulled the cover off of the redistricting plans for the next two years, releasing the division of schools based on new enrollment figures.

Kellen Monreal began his first season as skipper of the same team he once starred for, Ennis, with great energy and a 3-0-1 opening two weeks.

Seeking an end to a five-year string of losing seasons, HC Joe West and Ferris begin a new season next week following a hard-working fall and winter by the Yellowjackets.

Baseball has long been a strength in Palmer, enough that reaching the playoffs is a foregone conclusion. A year ago HC Joe Robinson and the Bulldogs rode a 19-8-2 mark, into the area round before falling in three games to Gunter (27-9-1).

University Interscholastic League officials will release the new district realignments, which were projected by the Dallas Morning News this week on the eve of the Feb. 3 official announcement.

Monday is a huge day for athletic directors and football head coaches as the UIL unveils the new district alignments, which prompts the need for the scheduling of non-district games.

Looking like an award-winning ice sculpture for three quarters, the Ennis boys basketball team built a 19-point lead then watched it nearly melt away before hanging on to defeat Corsicana, 57-50, on Tuesday at the Ensign Gym.

Rackets were hot during very cool weather as the Ennis junior varsity tennis team turned in victorious results last week at the make-up of the Frostbite Tournament.